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Thought I'd create a distinct thread from the previous one asking about daily use, because I really do want to hear more on people's pain points. Great to know people are generally sounding pretty positive in those posts who recently switched, but want to know your difficulties as well! This way old and new users can share their thoughts, hopefully to inspire a respectful discussion.

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[–] ObscureOtter@piefed.ca 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

On Fedora KDE.

Office, specifically Excel. I use it professionally for work and the lack of feature parity in Linux alternatives (Libre Office and Only Office, specifically) are a perpetual thorn in my side.

I do my best to use Linux alternatives in my personal life, and, if necessary, use the MS web version of Excel but every so often I run into something that can only be done in the full desktop version and I have to boot back into Windows.

I've heard of WinBoat and https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps, but at least when I tried them they were too resource heavy to realistically run on a laptop

[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What features do you find missing from open office? The way I use it open office calc is better than Microsoft excel

[–] ObscureOtter@piefed.ca 1 points 6 days ago

Basically any of the power features (power pivot, power query).